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  <h1 class="Head">File Associations</h1>
  <p class="Intro">On the <a class="command-link" href=
  'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.FileEditors)")'>
  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <strong>General &gt; Editors &gt; File
  Associations</strong></a> preference page, you can add or remove file types recognized by the Workbench. You can also
  associate editors with file types in the file types list.</p>
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    <h2>File Types List</h2>
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      <li class="Item"><strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new file or file type (extension) to the predefined list. In the
      resulting New File Type dialog, type the name of a file or a file extension. If you are adding a file extension,
      you must type either a dot or a "*." before the file type (e.g., ".xml" or "*.xml" as opposed to simply
      "xml").</li>
      <li class="Item"><strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the selected file type from the list</li>
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    <h2>Associated Editors List</h2>
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      <li class="Item"><strong>Add...</strong>: Adds a new editor to the list of editors associated with the file type
      selected above. In the resulting Editor Selection dialog, you can choose an editor to launch either inside the
      Workbench (internal) or outside the Workbench (external); click <b>Browse</b> to locate an editor yourself if the
      editor you want is not displayed in the list.</li>
      <li class="Item"><strong>Remove</strong>: Removes the association between an editor and the file type selected
      above. <strong>Note:</strong> Any editor that is bound by content type may not be removed from this list.
      Currently, there is no mechanism available to remove these editors.</li>
      <li class="Item"><strong>Default</strong>: Sets the selected editor as the default editor for the file type
      selected above. The editor moves to the top of the Associated Editors list to indicate that it is the default
      editor for that file type.</li>
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